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I would argue that Hacker News is actually not about the latest in cutting edge technology. Rather, it derives more from the spirit of hacking, fundamentally m
by z3phyr 7y ago
I would argue that Hacker News is actually not about the latest in cutting edge technology.
Rather, it derives more from the spirit of hacking, fundamentally making computers do something other people thought are not possible to do or never tried. It looks like the latest cutting edge tech but rather its a bunch of people just experimenting.
It does not show whats the norm, but what is possible.
- ausbah 7y agoBut when does hacking just become needlessly reinventing the wheel
- iamatworknow 7y agoThat would be cool if that's how things worked, but it seems like nearly every post here (certainly most comments) aren't considering the shiny new tools in that context. Rather, most comments are in the vein of "this seems fun to play with, may have marginal benefit in x business scenario, how do I convince my bosses to let me spend resources implementing it?"